Recent decisions to charge higher bus fees for students in alternative programs due to the increased cost associated with such, makes clear sense to anyone in the regular program. We have been subsidizing this increased cost for many years.

However, it should be done fairly. If charging a higher average fee is not fair to regular students, due to the increased costs for alternative bus routes, then it is not fair for French immersion to be lumped in with the all-boys program, either. The fees should be actual - you pay what you use and no one shares in your burden.

This is all about choice, and if you want your children to have an edge by attending an alternative program, then you should pay for that edge, not the rest of us.

Unfortunately, the CBE should have had this in place long ago, so parents who are already knee-deep in their kids' education could have made an informed choice before selecting which program to support.

Sheri MacDonald, Calgary

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